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WORKING FOR TIPS

Friday, October 3, 2025 Constructed by Fred Piscop 76 clues
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Across

  1. Surveillance, so to speak 4 ℓ
  2. Marlon Oscar role 4 ℓ
  3. Pay deduction acronym 4 ℓ
  4. Coffee shop machine 4 ℓ
  5. Consider in advance 10 ℓ
  6. Chesapeake Bay occupation 5 ℓ
  7. Case worker's org. 3 ℓ
  8. Do-say connector 3 ℓ
  9. Followers meaning "followers" 4 ℓ
  10. Not at all eager 6 ℓ
  11. Tkt. seller 3 ℓ
  12. "You're wrong" 4 ℓ
  13. Amazonian ecosystem 10 ℓ
  14. Austen protagonist 4 ℓ
  15. Cellar dwellers 5 ℓ
  16. Be vexed 4 ℓ
  17. Heartfelt 4 ℓ
  18. Acorn, essentially 4 ℓ
  19. Simpsons bus driver 4 ℓ
  20. Long lunch 4 ℓ
  21. Fairgoer of rhyme 5 ℓ
  22. Beauty bar brand 4 ℓ
  23. Little Mermaid prince 4 ℓ
  24. They're down-to-earth 10 ℓ
  25. Cost to get your cash 6 ℓ
  26. Ending like -ling 3 ℓ
  27. Get a loan on 4 ℓ
  28. Seek enlightenment 3 ℓ
  29. Store to improve 3 ℓ
  30. Yolk surrounder 5 ℓ
  31. Unite 10 ℓ
  32. Wrapped up 4 ℓ
  33. Last Jedi general 4 ℓ
  34. Emulating 3 ℓ
  35. Helm a film, in show biz slang 4 ℓ
  36. Intellectual aid 9 ℓ
  37. Table pastime 4 ℓ
  38. Butterfly, for short 3 ℓ
  39. Iffy attempt 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Leon Uris novel 6 ℓ
  2. Raw bar array 7 ℓ
  3. Break for a bit 7 ℓ
  4. "It's just a scratch" 7 ℓ
  5. Mediterranean diet staple, for short 3 ℓ
  6. Henry's 2nd or 4th 4 ℓ
  7. Salon offering 4 ℓ
  8. Title akin to rabbi 4 ℓ
  9. Coffee shop accessory 6 ℓ
  10. What you'd expect to be around a foot 4 ℓ
  11. British mason 7 ℓ
  12. Street artist's medium 7 ℓ
  13. Fueled (up) 6 ℓ
  14. Shills with, say 5 ℓ
  15. Meet successfully 6 ℓ
  16. Victoria Cross awarder 3 ℓ
  17. "Tips" found in the five longest answers 4 ℓ
  18. Name meaning "born again" 4 ℓ
  19. Where the Detroit River ends 4 ℓ
  20. Solemn exchange 4 ℓ
  21. Break for a bit 3 ℓ
  22. Puck's Beverly Hills place 5 ℓ
  23. Nearly none 3 ℓ
  24. Off yonder 4 ℓ
  25. Cling 6 ℓ
  26. Chair artisan 5 ℓ
  27. Early show of interest 6 ℓ
  28. Brothers Grimm magician 3 ℓ
  29. Azores' __ Miguel island 3 ℓ
  30. "__ big fan" 3 ℓ
  31. UN delegate 3 ℓ
  32. Eyesight suffix 4 ℓ
  33. Not precisely 7 ℓ
  34. Best yet, per record books 7 ℓ
  35. No-win situation 7 ℓ
  36. Ran the wrong way? 7 ℓ
  37. Lamppost flier subject 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, October 3, 2025 is titled “WORKING FOR TIPS” and was constructed by Fred Piscop. The puzzle features 76 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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Newsday WORKING FOR TIPS Crossword October 3 2025 Answers